http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with legal news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/221058,judge-vetoes-talua-does-the-hula-from-hawaii-as-girls.html Wellington - A New Zealand judge has slammed parents who called their child Talua Does the Hula from Hawaii and ordered she be given a more suitable name, a newspaper reported on Thursday. It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social d... Legal,General Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:05:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/221058,judge-vetoes-talua-does-the-hula-from-hawaii-as-girls.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220960, back-from-the-dead-canoeist-and-wife-jailed-in-britain.html London - Britain's back from the dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne who operated as a team to fake death and commit elaborate insurance fraud in their search for a better life were Wednesday sent to prison for fraud, deception and money ... Legal,General Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:41:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220960, back-from-the-dead-canoeist-and-wife-jailed-in-britain.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220850,extra-lawyer-karadzic-will-conduct-own-defence-at-the-hague.html Belgrade - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, will conduct his own defence at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, his lawyer said Wednesday. Karadzic will have a legal team here in Serb... Legal,General Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:12:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220850,extra-lawyer-karadzic-will-conduct-own-defence-at-the-hague.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220719,wiesel-attacker-found-guilty-of-hate-crime.html San Francisco - A man has been found guilty of the felony hate crime of false imprisonment after after accosting Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel in a hotel elevator and demanding that he deny the holocaust, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Er... Legal,General Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:57:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220719,wiesel-attacker-found-guilty-of-hate-crime.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220587,greek-islanders-lose-lesbian-case.html Athens - A Greek court on Tuesday ruled a gay rights group can use the name Lesbian, saying people from the Aegean island of Lesbos did not have sole claim to the name. A group of islanders from Lesbos filed a lawsuit against the Homosexual and Lesbi... Legal,General Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:51:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220587,greek-islanders-lose-lesbian-case.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220360,bin-laden-driver-pleads-not-guilty.html Washington - The former driver for Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges on Monday as the first trial under US President George W Bush's controversial military commissions got under way in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Salim Hamdan,... Legal,General Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:05:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220360,bin-laden-driver-pleads-not-guilty.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220358,jeans-are-not-a-chastity-belt-italian-court-rules.html Rome - Italy's top appeals court upheld Monday a sexual assault conviction by ruling that jeans cannot be compared to any type of chastity belt. The Court of Cassation contradicted its own controversial decision of almost a decade ago, when, in a si... Legal,General Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:05:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220358,jeans-are-not-a-chastity-belt-italian-court-rules.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220259,olmert-lawyers-question-corruption-case-witness-for-fourth-day.html Jerusalem - Ehud Olmert's lawyers began a fourth day Monday of cross-examining a key witness in a corruption investigation, who has alleged that the Israeli premier over years accepted tens of thousands of US dollars in cash from him. On the third da... Legal,General Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:39:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220259,olmert-lawyers-question-corruption-case-witness-for-fourth-day.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220257,taiwan-ex-president-testifies-in-libel-suit.html Taipei - Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian Monday appeared in court to defend himself in a defamation suit filed by five retired military officers. I haven't the faintest idea why I am sued for libel as I have never identified any person over... Legal,General Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:39:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220257,taiwan-ex-president-testifies-in-libel-suit.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219985,mattel-wins-court-case-against-bratz-dolls--summary.html New York - The world's largest toy maker, Mattel, on Friday won a court case against competitor MGA, maker of the Bratz dolls that have drawn customers away from its classic Barbie dolls. A 10-member federal jury in Riverside, California, ruled that ... Legal,General Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:22:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219985,mattel-wins-court-case-against-bratz-dolls--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219926,serbia-to-seek-trial-of-nazi-war-crimes-suspect.html Belgrade - Serbia will ask the United States to extradite an 86-year-old former member of a Nazi unit that killed thousands of civilians in a Belgrade death camp during World War II, an official was quoted Friday as saying. US authorities took legal ... Legal,General Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:17:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219926,serbia-to-seek-trial-of-nazi-war-crimes-suspect.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219848,indonesia-turns-down-bali-bombers-final-appeal--summary.html Bali, Indonesia - Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected a final legal appeal for a case review by three Muslim militants on death row for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings, bringing the condemned men closer to execution, a Bali court official sa... Legal,General Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:07:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219848,indonesia-turns-down-bali-bombers-final-appeal--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219826,germany-begins-trials-of-liechtenstein-tax-dodgers.html Bochum, Germany - Germany launched Friday a series of trials of tax dodgers whose hidden riches in the Alpine principality of Liechtenstein were exposed when a bank executive betrayed the secret. Judges told the first multi-millionaire up for trial h... Legal,General Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:02:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219826,germany-begins-trials-of-liechtenstein-tax-dodgers.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219678,icc-prosecutor-wont-back-down-on-arrest-of-sudans-president.html New York - The International Criminal Court's prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday he intends to proceed with charges against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, who was accused of acts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur... Legal,General Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:04:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219678,icc-prosecutor-wont-back-down-on-arrest-of-sudans-president.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219658,spain-to-seek-extradition-of-nazi-war-criminals-from-us.html Madrid - Spain's National Court will seek the extradition of four alleged Nazi war criminals from the United States on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, the court announced Thursday. The Nizkor human rights group, acting on behalf of v... Legal,General Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:46:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219658,spain-to-seek-extradition-of-nazi-war-criminals-from-us.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219579,four-madrid-train-bombers-have-convictions-overturned-on-appeal.html Madrid - Spain's highest court Thursday overturned the guilty verdicts of four of the 21 persons convicted of carrying out the Madrid train bombings that left 191 dead four years ago. The court acquitted two Syrians, a Moroccan and a Spaniard, who we... Legal,General Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:03:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219579,four-madrid-train-bombers-have-convictions-overturned-on-appeal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219574,1st lead-israeli-premiers-lawyers-try-to-discredit-state-witness.html Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's attorneys, in a crucial cross-examination begun Thursday, tried to undermine the key state witness in a corruption case that has been threatening the premier's political future. Throughout their questi... Legal,General Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:02:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219574,1st lead-israeli-premiers-lawyers-try-to-discredit-state-witness.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219450,court-advisor-says-turkeys-ruling-akp-not-seeking-sharia-state.html Ankara - Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is not seeking to implement sharia (Islamic) law and therefore should not be closed down, according to a report given to the constitutional Court by the court's rapporteur, CNN-Turk televis... Legal,General Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:22:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219450,court-advisor-says-turkeys-ruling-akp-not-seeking-sharia-state.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219390,icj-says-us-should-stay-executions-pending-review-of-verdicts.html The Hague - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Wednesday that five Mexican citizens awaiting execution in the United States should not be executed pending the results of a review of their cases demanded by Mexico. The ruling was delivered... Legal,General Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:49:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219390,icj-says-us-should-stay-executions-pending-review-of-verdicts.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219349,irish-supreme-court-quashes-health-insurance-risk-equalization.html Dublin - The Supreme Court in Dublin struck down a risk equalization scheme Wednesday by which the former Irish state health insurer, VHI, was compensated by private rivals for having more elderly customers, national broadcaster RTE reported. The c... Legal,General Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:33:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219349,irish-supreme-court-quashes-health-insurance-risk-equalization.html